{"id":13288,"date":"2026-06-17T10:24:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T15:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/classics\/?page_id=13288"},"modified":"2026-06-17T14:20:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T19:20:59","slug":"visiting-assistant-professor-frances-merrill","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/classics\/visiting-assistant-professor-frances-merrill\/","title":{"rendered":"Visiting Assistant Professor Frances Merrill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Frances Merrill, Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" data-attachment-id=\"13303\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/classics\/frances-merrill-photo-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/classics\/files\/2026\/06\/Frances-Merrill-photo-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"200,200\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Frances Merrill photo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/classics\/files\/2026\/06\/Frances-Merrill-photo-1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/classics\/files\/2026\/06\/Frances-Merrill-photo-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13303\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Prof. Merrill has a full-time teaching position at St. Olaf in 2026-27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Office: TBD; Office phone: TBD<br \/>E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:steed1@stolaf.edu\">merril4@stolaf.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>B.A. (Latin, Ancient Greek, Classical Civilizations), University of Vermont, 2017<br \/>M.A. (Greek and Latin), University of Vermont, 2019<br \/>M.Phil. (Classics), New York University, 2024<br \/>Ph.D. (Classics), New York University, 2026 (dissertation: \u201cPresent for the Future: The Intersection of Time, Space and Metaepistolarity in Pliny the Younger&#8217;s <em>Epistulae<\/em>\u201d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Merrill taught previously at the University of Vermont, New York University, and Fordham University. She has a chihuahua named Pickles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Courses in 2026-27<\/strong>: Semester I: Latin 371 (Latin Lyric), Classics 244 (The World of the Ancient Romans); January Term: Classics 120 (Greek &amp; Roman Myth); Semester II: Latin 112B (Beginning Latin II), Latin 252 (Vergil &amp; Latin Epic), Classics 370 (Topics in Classical Studies)<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frances Merrill, Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics Prof. Merrill has a full-time teaching position at St. Olaf in 2026-27. Office: TBD; Office phone: TBDE-mail: merril4@stolaf.edu B.A. (Latin, Ancient Greek, Classical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":158,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13288","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/classics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/classics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/classics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/classics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/158"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/classics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13288"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/classics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13324,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/classics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13288\/revisions\/13324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/classics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}